Quotes About Progress, Perfection, and Consistency
Ditch perfectionism and embrace progress with some help from these motivational quotes.
“Little by little does the trick.”
— Aesop
“Don’t try to rush progress. Remember, a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.”
— Kara Goucher
“Slow, steady progress is better than daily excuses.”
— Robin Sharma
“The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.”
— Mick Kremling
“I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.”
— Barack Obama
“It’s not about success; it’s about progress.”
— Tony Robbins
“Progress is impossible without change.”
— Walt Disney
“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.”
— Chinese Proverb
“Always be a work in progress.”
— Emily Lillian
“Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be... if you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.”
— C.S. Lewis
“Comfort is the enemy of progress.”
— P. T. Barnum
“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.”
— Doug Firebaugh
“You cannot make daily progress without making decisions.”
— Jim Rohn
“Progress and growth are impossible if you always do things the way you've always done things.”
— Wayne Dyer
“Some quit due to slow progress, never grasping the fact that slow progress is progress.”
— Jeff Olson
“There are only two options: make progress or make excuses.”
— Unknown
“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Perfectionism doesn’t make you feel perfect; it makes you feel inadequate.”
— Maria Shriver
“One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.”
— John Wanamaker
“Courage means to keep making forward progress while you still feel afraid.”
— Joyce Meyer
“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
— Plato
“Whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
“Failure is success in progress.”
— Albert Einstein
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”
— Michael John
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
— William Faulkner
“Too much looking backward is bad for progress.”
— Henry Ward Beecher
“Little by little becomes a lot.”
— Unknown
“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”
— Barack Obama
“Strive for progress, not perfection.”
— Unknown
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
— Frederick Douglas
“Continues improvement is better than delayed perfection.”
— Mark Twain
“Don’t compare your progress to that of others. We need our own time to travel our own distance.”
— Unknown
“You can’t improve what you don’t measure.”
— Cliff Lerner
“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
— Dalai Lama
“Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally, but what you do consistently.”
— Marie Forleo
“No matter how slow you go you’re still lapping everyone on the couch.”
— Unknown
“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before.”
— Bonnie Blair
“Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.”
― Gail Tsukiyama